ECED 115 Health, Safety & Nutrition for the Young Child: WEBSITES

State of Hawaii, Department of Education...Hawaii Child Nutrition Programs’ mission is to promote the importance of nutrition through federal compliance, education and partnerships.

Private, non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening families and fostering the healthy development of children through nearly 50 programs statewide.

PACT helps families identify, address and successfully resolve challenges through its 15 statewide program in the areas of early childhood education, domestic violence prevention and treatment, child abuse & neglect prevention and treatment, positive youth development, community and economic development, and mental health support.

A federally funded program that provides quality services to qualifying preschoolers and their families.

A national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the United States. Access statistics and rankings by state. By the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Project. Site provides 41-page PDF download or explore interactive data book.

The CDC acts to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S.
CDC at Work: Water-related Hygiene

This webguide provides approved links to websites and videos on topics of interest to parents. It is also used by students and professionals in the fields of child development, education, and psychology. All the sites and videos listed on the WebGuide have been systematically evaluated by graduate students.

The mission of Child Development Institute is to become the “go to” site for parents for information, products and services related to child development, psychology, health, parenting, learning, media, entertainment, family activities as well as to connect with other parents, professional experts organizations and other useful websites.

CDF provides a strong, effective and independent voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby or speak for themselves. We pay particular attention to the needs of poor children, children of color and those with disabilities.

A broad listing of childhood diseases and conditions from the Centers for Disease Control.

Many useful materials and ideas for early learning practitioners working with infants and toddlers, preschool age children and even some for school age children incenters and home-based programs, and not just Early Head Start.

Information on federal food and nutrition programs, such as SNAP, WIC, etc.

Environmental Protection Agency. Presents providers, parents and government agencies with resources to identify and reduce children’s exposure to pollutants that may be present in child care facilities.

This site provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. (A Federal Government Web site managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.)

The No Kid Hungry Center for Best Practices provides the tools and resources needed to help elected officials and their staff, educators and community leaders achieve success in fighting childhood hunger. Learn what works in the fight against childhood hunger and discover toolkits, case studies, hunger stats, issue briefs, reports and more.

Head Start promotes the school readiness of young children from low-income families through agencies in their local community.

PDF download from the National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University.

This institute works to ensure that babies and toddlers benefit from the early connections that are critical to their well-being and development.